NWSB managing editor Q brings us his Love Em & Hate Em recap from Friday night’s game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Boston Celtics. Paul Pierce and Ray Allen each scored 22 points and the Celtics rebounded from a lopsided loss and handed one to Portland on Friday night. LaMarcus Aldridge led the Trail Blazers with 22 points. Portland has lost 5 of 6.

Matt Larkin goes inside current NBA hoops player and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Nate Robinson. His career started in the Northwest playing his high-school ball at Rainier Beach High School in Seattle, then attending the University of Washington. He’s played on the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks as well.